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Using PubMed:
•Use '*' as a wildcard to truncate words.
•Link words with AND, OR, NOT (should be capitalized)
•Use the MeSH browser to find the best term when multiple synonyms exist for your term.
Why use PubMed?
•PubMed automatically searches all fields, e.g. text words, MeSH terms, journal or author name.
•PubMed automatically exploedes MeSH terms.
•Links to similar articles when you find a helpful article.
•Very up to date.
•Free.
About this page:
 •The intervention, diagnosis, etiology, prognosis, systematic review, and prediction rule filters come from the Hedges Team and are the same translations as used by PubMed's clinical queries.
•The practice guidelines filter is abbreviated from the version previously published by McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
•The adverse effects and physical diagnoses filters were developed and validated at UTHSCSA. Click here for details.

Web design assistance by Karen Stamm.
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1. What type of article do you want?

Traditional review article or editorial
Systematic review or meta-analysis
(You can also search for systematic reviews at DARE).
Practice Guidelines
(You can also search for guidelines at National Guidelines Clearinghouse™)
Search for all articles on my topic.
Or original research with one of the following filters (What is a filter?).
Intervention Diagnosis  Physical findings
(You can also search for physical findings at
Bedside Diagnosis and ClinDx).
Prediction rules
Prognosis Etiology/causation Adverse treatment reactions Screening/prevention

2. Limits:

Age: (note)

Exclude animal studies
(Note: The human limit will only be applied to articles > 2 months old in order to avoid missing recent articles that have not been assigned MeSH terms)
High-impact, clinical journals AIM Journals All Journals
English language not letters to the editor? Publication date:

3. Full text access:

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4. Enter search terms:


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(Looking for a particular article and know part of the citation? Try the Citation Matcher)

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Last update 2/2/2006.
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